Psalms 90:8
But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Verumtamen oculis tuis considerabis, et retributionem peccatorum videbis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πλὴν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κατανοήσεις, καὶ ἀνταπόδοσιν ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄψῃ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 91:8
- רַ֭ק בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָ תַבִּ֑יט וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּרְאֶֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCI
11. “Nevertheless, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the ungodly” ( ver. 8 ). What is this? Why “nevertheless”? Because the wicked were allowed to tyrannize over Thy servants, and to persecute them. Will they then have been allowed to persecute Thy servants with impunity? Not with impunity, for although Thou hast permitted them, and Thine own have thence received a brighter crown, “nevertheless,” etc. For the evil which they willed, not the good they unconsciously were the agents of, will be recompensed them. …